[Host, they're insects about the size of sesame seeds. There is no record of them in my system files. They probably aren't among the common insects that infect and reproduce inside the human body.]
"Oh, then what should we do?"
Chu Youning's mind raced, and then she heard System speak again.
[Host, I made an estimate based on their growth rate. These insects have been inside him for at least four or five months.]
"The dormant period was that long?"
Chu Youning couldn't help widening her eyes.
[Normally, these insects are extremely active. Their dormant period shouldn't be this long. He should have breathed his last long ago.] [I don't really know why they only erupted now.]
Four or five months...
Chu Youning's eyes widened instantly.
Wasn't that when the envoys from the Flourishing Kingdom had come to the capital?
"Chun Tao, go to Cining Palace and bring Little Yuanbao here!"
"Qian Rui, leave the palace and fetch Commandery Princess Changhuan for me!"
In an instant.
Chu Youning issued both orders, her expression darkening.
Chu Youning's voice was loud enough for Cui Zhao'an in the adjoining room to hear. She immediately called out anxiously, "Yu'er, is something wrong with your imperial brother?"
"Don't worry, Sister-in-law. I just remembered that my imperial brother ordered us not to summon an imperial physician for him. My sister isn't an imperial physician, is she? She can secretly take a look while he's asleep, and he'll never know. Won't we all feel better once she's checked him?"
Chu Youning grinned, her voice growing calmer.
"That sounds good."
Cui Zhao'an immediately relaxed.
Yet the thought of Cui Zhao'an in the adjoining room made Chu Youning's heart tighten again.
"System, hurry and check my sister-in-law too. Those insects can't spread through,